# Pandarus — The Iliad character guide

> Pandarus in The Iliad by Homer.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** godlike Pandarus

**First appearance:** 0001-the-iliad

## Who they are

Trojan archer who breaks the truce by shooting Menelaus.

## In the story

### [Book IV: The Breaking of the Truce, and the First Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iliad_se/chapters/book-iv-the-breaking-of-the-truce-and-the-first-battle)

Persuaded by Athena (disguised as Laodocus) to shoot Menelaus, thus breaking the truce.

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